CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY JUVENILES - AN OVERVIEW OF PROCEDURAL RIGHTS

• NCJ Number: 25645
• Journal: RESOLUTION OF CORRECTIONAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (WINTER 1975) Pages: 16-23
• Author(s): L BERSHAD
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-TA-99-0005
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: South Carolina Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION BY THE STATES ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE PROCEDURAL RIGHTS OF JUVENILES WHO COMMIT OFFENSES THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL WERE THE OFFENDER AN ADULT.

Abstract

KENT V. UNITED STATES, IN RE GAULT, IN RE WINSHIP, AND MCKEIVER V. PENNSYLVANIA ARE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE EXAMINED. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF A JUVENILE'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM: TAKING INTO CUSTODY; SEARCHES; CONFESSIONS; DETENTION; BAIL; AND A WAIVER, BY THE COURTS, OF A JUVENILE'S JUVENILE STATUS AND THE PROTECTION IT AFFORDS. SPECIFIC CORRECTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVE TRANSFER FROM A JUVENILE TO AN ADULT FACILITY, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, AND THE RIGHT TO TREATMENT.